CIO Magazine’s CIO 100 for 2009 has just been released and makes interesting reading. The CIO 100 lists the one hundred companies that are creating business value by innovating with technology. Featuring high profile firms such as BP and Wyeth, through to smaller innovators such as Vail resorts and Midland Memorial Hospital, the survey goes into good detail about the BPM, SOA, CRM, Marketing, BI and ERP (and other) IT projects perceived to be truly innovative.

Useful detail is available on each project – for example Pfizer’s recent implementation: “Pfizer launched a voice-directed order picking solution within a regulated and validated pharmaceutical environment. Warehouse workers wear a lightweight, battery-powered device that connects to a Wi-Fi network, through which they can hear verbal commands that direct them to the location of a product. Pfizer says the system has reduced pick errors by 57 percent, which reduces the quantity of orders being returned. It has also saved 10 percent of costs due to overtime and reduced training time by 50 percent. Workers achieve maximum speed and productivity in four weeks rather than two months.”